This is a list of films and miniseries released in 2015 that are based on actual events. All films on this list are from American production unless indicated otherwise.
Armi Alive! (Finnish: Armi elää!) (2015) – Finnishbiographicaldrama film based on the life of Finnish entrepreneur Armi Ratia through years 1949–1968 when she founded the textile and clothing company Marimekko and led it to international success[18]
Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) (French: Bang Gang (une histoire d'amour moderne)) (2015) – Frenchdrama film following a group of ordinary teenagers who live in the suburban neighborhoods of France and participate in sex parties they refer to as “bang gangs”[23]
Captive (2015) – crimethrillerdrama film based on the true story about Brian Nichols, who escapes from the Fulton County courthouse in Atlanta on March 11, 2005, and holds Ashley Smith as a hostage[35]
Flocking (Swedish: Flocken) (2015) – Swedishdrama film about a 14-year-old girl who reports that she has been raped, but is not believed - inspired by actual events[68]
Flying Colors (Japanese: ビリギャル) (2015) – Japanesecomedydrama film about real-life pupil Sayaka Kobayashi and how she improved from a high school student who only had the knowledge of 4th-year elementary school student to one who qualified for the prestigious Keio University in just 1.5 years[69]
Girl on the Edge (2015) – drama film based on a true story about a teenage girl's encounter with a traumatic event, and learning to accept herself for who she is while struggling to escape her demons[78]
The Idol (Arabic: يا طير الطاير) (2015) – Palestiniandrama film depicting a fictionalized version of the life of Mohammed Assaf, wedding singer from a refugee camp in Gaza who went to win 2013's Arab Idol singing competition[85]
Joy (2015) – biographicalcomedydrama film about a struggling single mom of three children, Joy Mangano, who invented the "Miracle Mop" and became the president of Ingenious Designs, LLC[92]
Land Legs (French: Tempête) (2015) – Frenchdrama film telling the story of a father who must choose between his fisherman career and keeping custody of his two children, based on a true story[97]
Legend (2015) – Britishbiographicalcrimethriller film about the Kray Twins which deals with their career and the relationship that bound them together, and follows their gruesome career to life imprisonment in 1969[99]
Life in Squares (2015) – Britishdramaminiseries centring on the close and often fraught relationship between sisters, Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf, and Vanessa's sexually complicated alliance with gay artist Duncan Grant as they, and their group of like-minded friends, navigate their way through love, sex and artistic life through the first half of the 20th century[101]
Little Big Master (Chinese: 五個小孩的校長) (2015) – Hong Kongdrama film based on a true story where Lilian Lui, former headmistress of an elite kindergarten in Discovery Bay whom originally planned to retire to travel around the world with her husband Alvin Tse, takes up a job with a monthly salary of HK$4,500 to continue educating five remaining pupils single-handedly in Yuen Long's Yuen Kong Kindergarten, which was on the verge for closure in 2009, and puts her travel plans on hold[102]
The Miracle (Turkish: Mucize) (2015) – Turkishdrama film about a teacher who is transferred to a remote Kurdish village in Eastern Turkey against his family's wishes, based on a true story[117]
No Letting Go (2015) – drama film about a young teenager who struggles with a debilitating mental illness as his mom risks everything to save him without losing the rest of her family[121]
Sabina K. (2015) – Bosniandrama film inspired by a true story in the aftermath of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 12 months beginning January 2004[132]
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